mtg war cards Wail of | Tarkir: Dragonstorm The Secret Lair x God of War War Of The Spark Commander

That version is a bit trickier to pull off timing-wise, but its also less mana-intensive, so it balances out

That being said, white happily runs Sunlance while red doesn't bother with Flame Slash often so being worse than a red option isn't overly condemning

Each Background synergises better with a specific legendary creature than others, such as Scion of Halasters ability to put cards into your graveyard working perfectly with Viconia, Drow Apostate and her requirement of having four or more creatures in your graveyard

rats/birds that cannot block

Haste is not something affinity has had before and as such the Courier makes a Plating even scarier